Frequency discrimination vs frequency estimation: Adult age differences and the effect of divided attention

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages

  Mutter, Sharon A ^a   Goedert, Kelly M ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031453517     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/52B.6.P319     Document Type: Article

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